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H STORY OF POSEY LLE METHODIST CHURCH
Pose ille Methodist Church, ocated 3t miles north of Bremen, Ga.
an about 7 mi es outheast of Buc anan, received its name from one of
Haralson Count's most prominent pioneer ami ies, liThe Pose S".
~vo brothers, J. L. and H. C. Pose, once owned most 0 the and
that is now known as Pose v e community. Henry's wife, Sarah, eing
a ver devout woman, saw the need of a Sun a School an sometime be,2...otA
ore the centur gathered a ew of the chil ren 0 the commun ty
together and organized a und y chao n a ittle old log hut. Later
her rother-in-law, J. • ose, realiz ng too, t e ned/of a Sunda
Sch 01, gave severa acres of ~nd an the men of the commYnity got to-
ether and bui t a nice community house for the purpose of holding Sun
da School an re igious meetings of any denom nation. Later the deeds
were turned over to the count rith the un erstan ing that it should
alwa s e used for Sunda Schoo and preqchine, as well as terary
school. A as, may ho are nO'1 Ha alson' s leading citizens, learned to
read and qrite at old Poseyvil e chool house. Many more can ate their
spiritual birth back to this place, or remem er wit pr de that Aunt
Sarah osey was the r first Sunda School teacher.
This buil ing stood and oyally served her purposes for many years,
ut the time came when a new building was needed and Hara son Count
also wfshed to improve her schools, so ose ville an Gum Springs were
consolidated, the old buildings were torn away and a new one built,
but not for the purpose of hal ing meetings and Sunda School.
In th year of 1926, after the people had heard the sa news, and
were won ering w a the would do for a meeting place for Sunda School,
eVe and Mrs. B. F. Earnest, of Bowdon Junction, were ri~n aroun and
stopped b for 'unday School. As as a ~a~ s the custom 'Then any preacher
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arne he was asked to preach. Vfuen they learned of our misfortune they
began to alk of organizing a church. The people were hesitant to e
gin with because they wanted it to stay union and too, they only felt
the need of a place for Sunday School, since ost of the people be
longed to other churches. F naIl a few people who w re so anxious to
have a place of ~orBhip and a unday School in the communit met at the
home of J. R. Bo gs with Dist. Supt. Bowen, of Mount Zion, and organiz
ed The Poseyville M. E. Church North. The Charter members were: Rev.
and s. B. F. Earnest, eVe and Mrs. Ed. Butler, Mr. and t~s. J. • Boggs,
Mrs. arah E. Posey, Mr. T • B. Posey and Miss Lucile Boggs.
everal ears went b before we got able to build our church as all
the people were farmers and had very meager incomes. But final y the day
carne when we could move into t, an a day of rejoicing it was too, even
though it wasn't cei ed and the enCles ahd been made by the "Ladies Aid",
which ~s. Earnest organized before the church was finished. Our first
pastor, Rev. Frank Barfield, a oung man from Columbus, Ga. came to us
before the church was built, and preached to us 'n an old abandoned house
where we held Sunday Schoo, after the School house was torn dO~nl. e
held our first service in our church built on an acre of land given us
y A • W. B. osey in the year 1930.
A. oung preacher from North Ga. by the name of Johnson was our
second pastor. He only stayed one year and Rev. Mulkey, and e derly man
ollowed him. Brother and Sister Earnest v re always present, and with
Sister Posey were the main strengt of the c urch. Brother Earnest
preached for us on the 4th Sunda s until his death in 1942. And our
pastors preached on the 2nd undays. Sister Posey was the Sunday Schoo
upt. until her death in 1941. They were oth active in church work when
they died and were past 80. Sister Earnest is still living and very
active and is past 80. It was always a joy for Mrs. Pose and the
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community, for her son, Rev. J. D. Pose , an outstanding man in the
North Georgia Conference of the M. E. Church, South, to visit us and
• preach for us.
Rev. Loran Parker was the last preacher sent to us while we were
·the M. E. Church North. He sta ed with us for several ears and we en
joyed many spiritual feasts during his stay. Rev. Carloc was the dis
trict upt. at this time. Once we were haVing a great evival and a
preacher from o. was vis ting in the community and attended the revival.
e felt his need for the first time of being baptized and requested that
Brother arker aptize him. Two young men, Verlon Agan and Robert Boggs,
who are now preaching the gospel were converted in a revival durin is
pastorate.
We wish to mention, not last nor least, rother Ed Butler, now livirg
~ in allapoosa, w 0 was lways a great help in our church, for he could
pray as well as preach, ~nd we still feel the strength of his prayer •
A out the time Rev. Sams was sent to us the three Methodist churches
united an we were put in with the Buchanan Charge an t e ome District,
Rev. Frank Pim was our District Supt.
Rev. Charles ~illiams waS to have a Youth Caravan come to Buchanan
and the three churches, Bowdon Junction, Pose ville and Buchanan met
together for a week of worship, study and recreation, which was very
helpful. Rev. Jone~ an elderly man, followed him and was very faithfu
to his duties.
eVe Hollis Brigman came to us next. During his stay he brought
s. Maynard do\Y.n from Buchanan and she helped us organize a ~. .C••
of which we are very proud. ve have 20 members in our .S.C•• , and we
are working very hard to raise the money to build a new church. Mrs.
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David Wood, of Bremen, Georgia is our president, and anyone who wishes
to make a donation may send it to her at the above address.
eVe Oren Schaffer, of Wilmore, Kentucky came to us for a youth
evival just ~s Rev. Brigman was having to go to Conference, and leave
for another charge. We w sh to report a most wonderful revival during
the summer of 1950, Rev. Chambers, our present pastor, had 14 to
baptize the first Sunday he preached. We now have a Methodist Youth
Fellowship, and a Woman's Society of Christian Service, oth of which
have 20 members; a abbath School of an enrollment of 50, and a
Wednesday night prayer band. Our church enrollment is only 30 members,
but we feel more encouraged than ever before. Many of our members
have moved away in the past few years, but we feel sure more are coming
our way. Our Faith and Hope and Trust is in God. Many are praying for
a revival, and we believel
"Let us go forward on our nees".
r~s. Rona d Hud ins t. 2, Bremen, Georgia